2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma City hosted the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Team Championship from March 16-March 18, 2006. 64 teams vied for the NCAA team championship, and over 320 wrestlers competed for individual honors. Oklahoma State University crowned 2 individual champions (Johny Hendricks at 165 pounds and Jake Rosholt at 197 pounds) and 4 other Cowboys qualified as All-Americans as the Cowboys earned a dominant victory in the tournament. It was the 4th consecutive NCAA tournament victory by the Cowboys, and their 34th NCAA team wrestling championship overall.
The 2006 tournament team results
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 122.5 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 84 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 80.5 |
| 4 | Iowa | 70 |
| 5 | Cornell | 62 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 61.5 |
| 7 | Michigan | 57.5 |
| 8 | Edinboro | 56 |
| 9 | Lehigh | 53.5 |
| 9 | Penn State | 53.5 |
| 11 | Hofstra | 52.5 |
| 12 | Penn | 51 |
| 13 | Iowa State | 48.5 |
| 13 | Northwestern | 48.5 |
| 15 | Missouri | 45 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 40.5 |
| 17 | American | 40 |
| 18 | Indiana | 35 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 35 |
| 20 | Purdue | 34 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 33.5 |
| 22 | Oregon | 33 |
| 23 | Cal Poly | 32 |
| 24 | Boise State | 31.5 |
| 25 | Illinois | 29 |
| 26 | Central Michigan | 26 |
| 27 | West Virginia | 23 |
| 28 | Northern Iowa | 20.5 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 18.5 |
| 30 | Tennessee - Chattanooga | 15 |
| 31 | Harvard | 14 |
| 31 | North Carolina - Greensboro | 14 |
| 33 | The Citadel | 13 |
| 34 | Navy | 12 |
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| Rank | School | Points |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 10 |
| 36 | Northern Illinois | 9 |
| 37 | Stanford | 8.5 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 8.5 |
| 39 | Kent State | 8 |
| 40 | California - Davis | 7 |
| 41 | Army | 6.5 |
| 41 | Cal State - Fullerton | 6.5 |
| 41 | Oregon State | 6.5 |
| 44 | Columbia | 6 |
| 45 | Ohio State | 5.5 |
| 46 | Buffalo | 5 |
| 47 | Cal State - Bakersfield | 4.5 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 4.5 |
| 49 | Bloomsburg | 4 |
| 49 | Cleveland State | 4 |
| 49 | Eastern Illinois | 4 |
| 49 | Lock Haven | 4 |
| 49 | Slippery Rock | 4 |
| 54 | Fresno State | 3 |
| 55 | Gartner-Webb | 2.5 |
| 55 | Old Dominion | 2.5 |
| 55 | Duquesne | 2.5 |
| 58 | Drexel | 2 |
| 58 | Eastern Michigan | 2 |
| 58 | North Carolina State | 2 |
| 61 | Maryland | 1 |
| 61 | Rider | 1 |
| 63 | Sacred Heart | 0.5 |
| 64 | Air Force | 0 |
| 64 | Millersville | 0 |
| 64 | Brown | 0 |
| 64 | George Mason | 0 |
| 64 | James Madison | 0 |
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The Championship finals (with NCAA champions in bold)
| Weight class | Championship Match (Champion in boldface) |
| 125 lbs | Joe Dubuque, Indiana DEC Troy Nickerson, Cornell, 8-3 |
| 133 lbs | Matthew Valenti, Penn DEC Christopher Fleeger, Purdue, 3-2 |
| 141 lbs | Nate Gallick, Iowa State DEC Teyon Ware, Oklahoma, 3-2 |
| 149 lbs | Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota DEC Tyler Eustice, Iowa, 4-0 |
| 157 lbs | Ben Cherrington, Boise State DEC Brian Stith, Arizona State, 7-3 |
| 165 lbs | Johny Hendricks, Oklahoma State DEC Brian Churella, Michigan, 9-8 |
| 174 lbs | Ben Askren, Missouri MAJOR Jake Herbert, Northwestern, 14-2 |
| 184 lbs | Shane Webster, Oregon, DEC Roger Kish, Minnesota, 3-2 |
| 197 lbs | Jake Rosholt, Oklahoma State DEC Phil Davis, Penn State, 10-3 |
| 285 lbs | Cole Konrad, Minnesota DEC Steve Mocco, Oklahoma State, 5-2; TB2 |
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